Three Pensacola-area applicants, including two circuit judges, will be interviewing for vacancies in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida.

On Tuesday, the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission of Florida released a list of eight applicants who will participate in public interviews for U.S. district judge next month in Tallahassee.

Charles Beall(Photo: Courtest of Moore, Hill and Westmoreland, P.A.)

The three candidates from the local area are attorney Charles F. Beall Jr., Judge Gary L. Bergosh and Judge Jan Shackelford.

Beall is an appellate and civil trial attorney at Moore, Hill and Westmoreland, P.A., whose background includes work as a federal trial attorney and handling civil cases in private practice.

Bergosh is a former U.S. Marine and Marine Corps reservist, a former school board member and a former federal attorney. He was elected circuit court judge in 2006, and his current term is scheduled to end in early January 2019.

Circuit Judge Gary Bergosh swears in a defendant during a sentencing hearing in March 2013.(Photo: News Journal file photo)

Shackelford began her career at a private law firm before becoming a state prosecutor. She was appointed circuit judge by former Gov. Jeb Bush in June 2000 and was re-elected in 2008 and 2014. Her current six-year term expires in early January 2021.

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Circuit Judge Jan Shackelford(Photo: PNJ file photo)

The remaining five applicants are:

Nathan Adams

Gwendolyn Adkins

Martin Fitzpatrick

Kent Wetherell

Allen Winsor

The applicants will be interviewed Nov. 15 at the U.S. Courthouse, third floor jury assembly room, 111 N. Adams St., Tallahassee.

Four candidates will go forward to President Donald Trump, who will nominate two to send on to the Senate Judiciary Committee to affirm their appropriateness for the bench. A majority of the U.S. Senate must then vote to confirm the appointments.

The vacancies in the Northern District were created when Richard Smoak and Robert L. Hinkle transitioned to senior judge status in December 2015 and November 2016 respectively.